A 4-year study of the epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae in four rural areas of Bangladesh

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-101

  Sack, R Bradley ^a   Siddique, A Kasem ^e   Longini Jr , Ira M ^f   Nizam, Azhar ^f   Yunus, Md ^e   Islam, M Sirajul ^e   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^b   Ali, Afsar ^b   Huq, Anwar ^c,d   Nair, G Balakrish ^e   Qadri, Firdausi ^e   Faruque, Shah M ^e   Sack, David A ^a,e   Colwell, Rita R ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BATH; CHILD; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0037217784     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345865     Document Type: Article

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